Mysterious Scientist Deaths, Hunter Biden In Hiding, Gabbard on Impeachment | 4/17/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including how the White House is investigating a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances involving U.S. scientists like General William McCasland and Monica Reza tied to nuclear and space programs, raising national security concerns; new claims from Tulsi Gabbard that Trump's 2019 impeachment was based on a flawed whistleblower complaint and is now being referred to the DOJ; and reports that Hunter Biden is hiding out at a luxury California estate while claiming to be living abroad and broke as creditors tries to recover the $20 million he owes them, sparking questions about his finances and legal battles, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:05.0 | It's Friday, April 17th, 2026, and this is First Look! |
| 0:10.0 | We've got a packed and pretty wild show for you this morning. |
| 0:14.0 | Here's what we're tracking. |
| 0:16.0 | The White House now investigating a string of mysterious deaths and disappearances involving U.S. scientists tied |
| 0:22.7 | to nuclear and space programs. |
| 0:25.5 | New bombshell claims from Tulsi Gabbard, alleging Trump's 2019 impeachment was built |
| 0:32.4 | on a manufactured narrative. |
| 0:35.0 | And later, Hunter Biden's financial situation under scrutiny, as reports claim |
| 0:40.3 | he's hiding out in California while claiming to be broke and living abroad. Let's get into it. |
| 0:46.3 | We start with a story that the White House itself is calling pretty serious stuff. The Trump |
| 0:52.3 | administration is now looking into a series of disappearances |
| 0:56.2 | and deaths involving U.S. scientists and government employees, many of whom had access |
| 1:02.0 | to highly classified nuclear and space programs. President Trump was asked about it directly |
| 1:08.3 | and said, I hope it's random, but we're going to know |
| 1:11.5 | in the next week and a half. |
| 1:13.5 | Pretty serious stuff. |
| 1:15.6 | So what's raising eyebrows here is not just the number of cases, but who these people were. |
| 1:21.7 | Over the past two years, multiple individuals connected to sensitive national security work |
| 1:27.2 | have either disappeared or died |
| 1:29.1 | under unusual circumstances. |
| 1:31.9 | Take Meal McCasland, a retired Air Force Major General, who led major research labs tied to |
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